It’s a love letter addressed to our farewell

For your sake I received another nameless love letter That’s strange Despite it being perfect Where did you realize it? { part of wishful crossing }

[nisenohito]

Jealousy C-ta && B-ko

[nisenohito]

As she lay in wait, B-ko pondered for a while on if it had been weird to message him with such a pronoun. It wasn’t the first time it had kind of slipped, but she rarely found herself saying it to anyone. Granted, C-ta was a more special case considering all of their time having grown close to one another. Pronouns never were her forte though, people were normally never that worthy – scrunching her nose up at that thought. It wasn’t even that people were ‘worthy’ but that she could never trust someone enough to offer the feignt thought of being that close. 

Ahh, even that alone just didn’t sound right in her head. Shaking the train of thought away in decision that it isn’t really needed to delve deeper in thought about. Lifting her phone again, she noted that it had been around twenty minutes and still no reply. “Mm.. I don’t think he’s ignoring me, but..” The words mumbled aloud just prior to the door opening up and her gaze drifted over to his figure in the doorframe. 

Arranging herself to sit upward while her violet eyes never seemed to wane from him as he wandered in and placed the towel. Which, the sight of it made sense now as to why there had been no response. He probably only just saw the text before coming in here. “It’s nicer napping in C-ta’s room, than my own.” Responding with a tone of slight confusion. Was he bothered by her staying in here?

[raburetta]

"Eh, how so?" A lot of people had trouble with the arranging of his room. Most couldn't see the logic behind his bookcase placement, or why anyone would block themselves from getting out of their own bed with ease, but to tell the truth, it had been a studying hint from a classmate of his. Having a computer (with very distracting content) in the same room as your bed made it hard to even focus on school work, and so he had blocked the two areas off. Thing was that, now that said distraction no longer applied, and he didn't even go to school anymore, there was no need for it.

But in the end, C-ta hated change, and with being so far away from home, the comfort of his own bedroom being virtually the same was the best thing he had.

"I had the impression that you preferred being in your own room." C-ta replied with the smallest of laughs, rubbing down his neck when little trickles of water threatened to drip from his hair into his shirt. "Or have you already sprayed air freshener around here?"

He was only teasing her, taking her mind off whatever she had come in for, because he knew one thing: B-ko visited often, but right now, she had a reason, and he didn't want to deal with it.

[nisenohito]

Jealousy C-ta && B-ko

[nisenohito]

Just as she had taken the picture to treasure, C-ta seemed to have appeared. Her cheeks lit up momentarily, a loud ‘UWAH’ zipping out of her lips. The phone seemed to have slanted, and the picture of A-ya now blurred – the raven on the other hand seemed to sigh and question if they were done. To which B-ko nodded and her friend undid his hair and was venturing out of the room to return to his own. More than likely to look up more rumors, after all they had nothing better to do as of late.

C-ta had appeared and left so quickly though, that B-ko felt a little off by it. As her embarrassment of being caught taking a picture of A-ya faded, she got up the nerve to go find the tall, messy haired brunet. Not quite sure where he was, she settled with going to his bedroom. Knocking on the door before turning the knob to find it empty.. If he was missing then she would just have to stay here and wait it out until he returned.

[text: c-ta] C-ta-kun, is it okay if I take a nap in your room for a bit?

Having pulled her phone out prior to stepping in, and settling on into the room as if it was her own. No doubt he wouldn’t be bothered, right? After all she did this so often now. Rolling her shoulders back, her fingers sprawled across the sheets on his mattress shortly before her behind settled on it and her back rested atop it, her head laying on a couple of pillows.

[raburetta]

C-ta's shower felt long and scalding, but by the time he had stepped out, he no longer felt as though it was long enough. He wanted to jump back inside, because somehow, the heat boiling in his blood worked better with the warmth of the shower, and now the house's lower temperature made his skin shiver and goosebumps rise with the hair on the back of his neck. Ruffling his hair with a fluffy towel, he threw on a T-Shirt and a pair of shorts before he exited.

Still rubbing down his mane, he entered the kitchen where he had left his phone, blinking at the message flashing on it and frowning once recognizing the recipient.

"Ah..." He murmured, lifting it up to flick through the small message, and narrowing his eyes at the pronoun. Since when had she called him by -kun...

Nonetheless, he didn't reply. His choice was to enter the bedroom himself, glancing at her sprawled out body on his bed and dumping the towel over one of the revolving chairs beside his computer. "You're getting used to this, huh?"

[nisenohito]

Jealousy C-ta && B-ko

“Ne, ne, A-ya hold still!” The brunette protested to the raven. Somehow, she had convinced him to let her dress him up in her bedroom. After all, it wasn’t like C-ta would ever let her, he protested even with the bow-ties she liked to place in his hair. So what if she liked to make her close male friend look like a girl… That wasn’t incredibly strange at all, and thankfully A-ya didn’t really spread the secret to other people. (Only teased her in front of their fellow friends.)

Even though A-ya was fighting with her to mess with his hair, after a little while she had managed to give him pigtails. Cute, adorable pigtails and a rather satisfied B-ko, who is currently taking a snapshot of her best friend.

“A-ya looks adorable like this! Just be glad I didn’t push the miniskirt, haha~”

[raburetta]

As someone who cared about their appearance a little more than most, he was never totally pleased when B-ko insisted that she tie up his hair for fun. It wasn't that being seen looking so girly was bad... and yes, he'd been introduced to the idea that clothing didn't define gender, but he knew that the reason she did it was to make him look girly, and certainly not acknowledge that fact.

Oddly enough, he didn't mind so much when she did it to A-ya, because he looked cute during the process, but today felt different. Today, when he entered her room to ask if anyone needed the bathroom, his heart felt choked by the surrounding arteries, like a strike of thunder had just hit it and they were doing their very best to supply blood again.

"Ah... you're doing this again..." Again, how many times had they done it, he wondered? Wasn't A-ya getting too used to it, too? Aah... somehow, he felt hot and irritated, but his smile - although strained, never faded. "I see, I'll leave you two to that." He muttered, turning on his heel and struggling to let go of the door knob before he headed off down the hall.

What in the world...

[raburetta]

... And as usual, he just can’t seem to say no.

[nisenohito]

“…It took some time to dig around. I do have a reputation to uphold, even here, C-ta.” Hardly a reminder that even here, she was at least somewhat popular (albeit not as much as A-ya’s popularity seemed to rise…) “…I’m really happy you think so.” Adding on, just a bit.

Thinking about how she had even came to decide on the dress anyway, B-ko had honestly dug through almost every option the Goat’s had given them. Some were far to risque for her tastes, and others.. Ah, it’s like they expected women to have the tastes of children. (Okay, so some did.) Finally, it seemed she did in fact manage to obtain this one and boy, receiving all these compliments from C-ta filled her with joy that she kept on looking for the perfect dress.

“U–…Uwah? ..I– Am I hearing C-ta right?” Her body practically froze up at the comment, only moving due to his lead out towards the center. Inching as close as she could when they arrived, and her forehead soon rested at his chest. What was this – where were these words even coming from? Wherever her boyfriend was, she’d like to get him back please and thank– kidding.

“—Of course not..? Even like that, C-ta is a Prince.. My Prince. We might not be real royalty but, when I’m in your presence I really, really feel that way about you!” Her chin lurched upward, staring at him once again – even with that brightly lit expression her face. 

[raburetta]

"Uh..." B-ko had a point. He was doing that thing again, where he forced himself to accommodate to a situation, but not all of it was written up like a script. His wonder was genuine to begin with, even if he had to think about what to say beforehand.

Being honest, B-ko surprised him. Despite knowing more about him than before, despite his opening up to her and vice versa, she still thought of him like a prince? His secrets were secrets to begin with because they were wrong - even he knew that - and yet she still insisted on her claim. Yet the expression she carried, so cute and full of sincerity...

"... Geez, it can't be helped." C-ta sighed, finally pulling an arm around her waist and giving her hand a squeeze to remind her they were supposed to be dancing. His feet carried him awkwardly nonetheless, but the more he moved and guided, the better he got at gaining some... well, footing. "How should I feel about that? You really make me think a lot..."

[nisenohito]

“Ah.. it definitely works well with you. Staring at C-ta now, I can’t help but be caught up in those dashing looks.” 

Right you are, C-ta. Although that feeling of attracting too much attention for his taste had definitely changed now. In fact, it was more or less impossible to not attract it at this point. She was sure there were eyes on the brunet, eyes that weren’t her own – not that that would make any difference to her. B-ko’s been through it enough times to come to terms that the only time she truly feels jealous is when A-ya is in the room. And even then.. That’s only to a small extent. None the less, the brunette felt truly special to have him by her side. A warming thought that even if someone else looked at him in such a way, it wouldn’t change anything between the two.

Placing her hand in his own, she stood up from her seat. Another nervous laugh easing her out of a stiff position. “Reliving old memories, huh? It’s fine if you want it to start fresh here but… I’d like to keep the memory close to me.” 

[raburetta]

"Aha... thanks. I'm surprised you found such a dress," he paused. "It fits you well."

Even C-ta, who wasn't interested in girls' curves or the other soft features they had to offer, could at least admit that she had picked the right dress for herself. Truly, B-ko looked almost royal, with the colour purple being the exact representative, and yet it only looked as though it served the purpose to match her round, sparkling eyes.

(He'd... be lying if he said he didn't look down for a moment, not out of interest, but out of the sheer 'woah' factor.)

"You're like a princess, you know." His hand clutched her own and he led her out near the center of the hall, listening to the regal tone of the music and wondering what dance would fit best. Or maybe he was just stalling the whole touching the waist thing; they might have been dating, but C-ta still didn't fail to match the awkward quota in this situation. 

"It's funny, since at one point, I recall you saying I was like a prince... having second thoughts?"

[nisenohito]

“–!!” He appeared out of nowhere so abruptly, leaving her off-guard at his approach. Purple hues brightly lit as she stared up at him. “Haha.. The atmosphere here is so different from our usual arrangement.” Responding in an attempt to defend her awkward disposition. Now wasn’t the time for this, C-ta! “!!..” Again, here he went and spoke in such an unexpected way that B-ko didn’t quite know how to process it. A soft, nervous laugh lifted from her chest as she nodded over the thought of dancing with him. “Yeah, that’d definitely bring my mood up.”

If the case was that C-ta found her beautiful in this, then the opposite was going for herself. For once in her life, B-ko actually felt as if all of the bright, shiny light surrounding her was fading away just in the presence of her boyfriend in his suit. “You look incredible.” Complimenting his good looks, and great fashion choice. 

[raburetta]

"Haha... you think so? To tell the truth, I wasn't really sure if it would work, but if you think so, then it's probably a good choice."

C-ta actually didn't consider himself very fashionable to be honest. His basic attire was pretty boyish or ranged around typical Japanese fashion -- standard hoodies, shirts on top of shirts, or his personal favourite, cardigans. Since he was pretty practical, and preferred a balanced life, he didn't want to look too flashy. Perhaps that was why B-ko seemed to have an issue with talking to him before? She did attract a lot of attention and had much consideration for him.

Dressing like that, though... she really looked like the queen that everyone in the school used to call her.

"First time I danced with you, I remember it being pretty embarrassing." The teen murmured in slight shame, holding out his hand. "Come to think of it, I don't want to relive that... so let's pretend this is our first instead."

[nisenohito]

Well.. She really wanted to ask C-ta if he’d like to dance but.. .. .Ah.. were these sort of events really in his taste? Especially in a dress like her own. She just had to be the flashy sort of girl, didn’t she? Even if C-ta didn’t want to dance with her of course, she was sure she could drag the attention of someone else.

[raburetta]

"It's not like you to be so awkward." C-ta teased, leaning forward to grasp her attention from below. In truth, she had shown signs of getting increasingly less social from before, and now with his memories back, the brunet was a lot more inclined to actually reach out to her in this situation. "Are you alright? Do you think a dance will make you feel better?"

Now, he wasn’t much for checking out a girl’s appearance but... there was no doubt about it, B-ko looked beautiful, so much that he felt pale in comparison. As expected from her.

[raburetta]

Nope, nope, absolutely not, that is being used to bookmark a bible or something.

[tezerenotameiki]

character tropes  → c-ta

[makeinushijou-blog]

“Tell me you know something about taking care of a goat.”

A-ya frowned slightly, gently petting the head of the kid he and C-ta had been put in charge of. What had made the goat gods think this was a good idea? He could barely take care of himself, let alone a baby goat.

[raburetta]

Lu-cki-ly-- C-ta had a profession in taking care of people! Sort of. He had watched over A-ya his whole life, hadn't he? And that had to contribute to something, but then again, his best friend was human... uh, emphasis on was, because right now, he was still a really cute cat boy and if C-ta wasn't preoccupied with crouching down next to the goat, then he might have went back to petting him.

... Ah, he got distracted by his own thoughts again.

"Not really," he replied. "But it can't be that hard, right? Kids are cute."

[makeinushijou-blog]

“Was the anti-social part really necessary?” It might be true, but it wasn’t necessary. “I don’t think that I’m like a cat at all?”

[raburetta]

“Haha, well, that’s what cats are like, right? Somehow, people have the impression they’re evil masterminds... and also really smart. With that in mind, and given A-ya’s relaxed nature, I think you’re a lot like a cat.”

[raburetta]

makeinushijou:

“You can be pretty excitable and friendly with almost everyone, like a puppy.” A-ya shrugged before continuing. “It’s not an insult, I guess.”

‘I guess.’

“You think so?” Well, A-ya wasn’t wrong, but he didn’t see himself comparable to a puppy. It was just a lot easier to be like that. “Then, A-ya is most like an antisocial kitty, right?”

[raburetta]

“You’re like a giant puppy with no shame.”

“… What do you mean giant puppy?”

Besides, he has so much shame. He would be much more honest if he were shameless.

[raburetta]

A-ya should expect a lot of cat videos coming his way, because truly, there is a lot. 

He sends him this one last, becuase it makes him smile the most.

[makeinushijou-blog]

raburetta

A-ya had just been hoping to avoid people altogether today, and met the worst possible person in the worst possible place. Given what happened last night, that mistletoe above them seemed in bad taste.

“….”

He looked off in another direction. Maybe C-ta hadn’t even noticed it and then he could just pretend it wasn’t there. Damn goats were trying to cause problems, apparently.

[raburetta]

A-ya was not discrete about his aversion to fulfilling the ritual of the mistletoe, and C-ta had never agreed with him so wholeheartedly in his life. It simply was just not appropriate, not after what he had sprung upon him last night and, so, after staring up at it long enough, C-ta rose onto his tip toes and snatched it down.

“Sorry,” he apologized briefly, waving his shopping bag and turning on his heel. “See you at home.”

[raburetta]

When you have a hangover but you have to go out and buy dog food for your new puppy. Mittens, you are so lucky he loves you.